Lead Software Engineer - FarehamIntroduction Saab UK is part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training. The Role: To design and implement software solutions for underwater robotics applications in line with the company's business needs through innovation, creativity and professionalism. Able to demonstrate expertise and experience in software used on industrial/vehicle/vessel systems. Reporting to the Software Manager the Software Lead role involves taking responsibility for the delivery of projects and leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver technically complex software projects for subsea vehicles and associated robotic functions. Typically requiring input from several differing software and engineering disciplines and supporting functions the software lead is able to bind these inputs together to successfully deliver the software content for Saab products. Qualifications and Skills: Required skills: A minimum of 7 years' experience as a Senior Engineer. A Degree in a relevant Engineering Discipline.Broad understanding of software from embedded though to applicationsLeading multi-disciplined teams of software engineersAble to develop a software architecture for complex systems from scratchSound understanding of modern software methods and technologiesAble to maintain a system level approach and not get lost in the detailAble to develop system level requirements and derive lower level requirements to achieve theseSound understanding of safety concepts and designAble to interface directly with customersAble to act as a technical authorityAble to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholdersAble to estimate work content and durationAble to plan work loading for teams ensuring no team member is overloadedAble to develop and instigate processes to ensure industry best practice is achievedAble to ensure appropriate levels of Software Quality are achieved for projectsAble to mentor and develop junior engineersAbility to delegate tasksAble to manage resources and budgetsPractical understanding of standards and application of standardsAppreciation of Cyber Security and the impacts on design In addition, you will be Able to demonstrate software skills in some of the following technologies on both Windows and Linux:C++JavascriptPythonXMLJSONHTMLCSSWeb backend servers (Angular, Django, NodeJS, React, Apache or similar)Web SocketsDockerTCP-IP / UDPSQL or other databasesDev tools (Wireshark, system log interrogation etc..)DatabasesCyber Security Desirable: Exposure to IP video and video routingFamiliarity in design and testing of control softwareFamiliarity with Systems serving Real Time Information via Web SocketsUse of DDS and interfacing with itMessage Queues (Active MQ/Rabbit MQ/ZeroMQ)GUI Development experience (.Net GUI framework, Qt 6.2 or previous versions)Developing and debugging software for application software in Visual studio (2013, 2017, 2022)Customer facing API's using web technologies By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.